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Turkish parliament approves judicial reforms amid brawl
Turkish lawmakers have approved controversial plans to reform the country's top judicial body, amid a brawl which left one opposition legislator with a broken...
Matteo Renzi set to become Italy’s prime minister
Matteo Renzi is expected to be offered to become Italian prime minister, as talks begin on forming a new government. Italy’s President Giorgio Napolitano is...
Eurozone’s economy grows by 0.3% in Q4 2013
Eurozone's economy grew by 0.3% in Q4 2013, up from 0.1% growth in the previous quarter. It was the third quarter of growth since the...
Comcast buys Time Warner Cable for $45 billion
Comcast has acquired Time Warner Cable for about $45 billion, creating a company that could control three-quarters of the US cable industry. Comcast will pay...
Greece unemployment rate reaches record high of 28% in November 2013
Greece’s unemployment rate reached a record high of 28% in November 2013, according to newly released government figures. The jobless rate increased from 27.7% in...
Telangana protest: Pepper spray fired in Indian parliament over new state bill
India's lower house of parliament erupted in mayhem after a legislator used pepper spray to disrupt proceedings. The MP from the governing Congress party, L...
Thailand elections 2014: Constitutional court rejects opposition request to annul vote
Thai constitutional court has rejected an opposition request to annul the February 2 election, citing insufficient grounds. The Democrat Party had argued that the poll...
China’s trade surplus soars to $31.9 billion in January 2014
According to recent figures, China's trade surplus jumped to $31.9 billion in January, easing concerns the world's second-largest economy may be stuck in a...
US debt limit: House votes to increase borrowing limit
The House of Representatives has passed an increase in the US government's debt limit, after the Republicans gave up on their attempt to win...
Nathan Fielder revealed as Dumb Starbucks owner
Nathan Fielder has been revealed as the owner of parody coffee shop "Dumb Starbucks" in Los Angeles. Nathan Fielder appeared in person at the store...
Toyota to stop car and engine production in Australia
Toyota has decided to stop its car and engine production in Australia by the end of 2017, effectively marking the end of the country's...
McDonald’s opens first restaurant in Vietnam
McDonald's has opened its first restaurant in communist-controlled Vietnam. Hundreds of people queued for the opening of the restaurant in the southern city of Ho...
US economy adds only 113,000 jobs in January 2014
According to official figures, the US economy added 113,000 jobs in January, weaker than expected for a second consecutive month. Economists had predicted an increase...
Morgan Stanley in $1.25 billion settlement over mortgage-backed securities sale
Morgan Stanley has agreed to pay $1.25 billion to settle a lawsuit over the sale of mortgage-backed securities. The money will be paid to the...
Satya Nadella appointed as Microsoft’s next CEO
Satya Nadella will be Microsoft’s next chief executive, the technology giant has announced. Indian-born Satya Nadella is currently Microsoft's head of Cloud and Enterprise, which...
Insurance for the Self-Employed
Tradesman liability insurance is something that every self-employed person must have by law. There are two main parts of this insurance: public liability insurance...
Mattress Mack loses $7 million in Pigskin Promotion Super Bowl bet
Gallery Furniture owner Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale is set to lose $7 million after promising a full refund to customers if the Seahawks beat...
Lenovo shares drop more than 15% over recent acquisitions
Lenovo shares have dropped by as much as 15% as investors question its recent acquisitions. Last month, Lenovo, the world's biggest PC maker, struck two...
Toyota forecasts record annual earnings for 2013
Toyota has announced it is expecting record annual earnings for 2013 as the weaker Japanese yen helps to boost sales abroad. For the financial year...
Jack Lew: US default could happen by the end of month
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has warned the US may default on its debt by the end of the month if Congress does not raise...
US hotels guests may have their credit and debit card data stolen
Independent security research Brian Krebs suggests that thousands of guests at US hotels may have had their credit and debit data stolen. The cache of...
EU corruption at a breathtaking extent
According to the European Commission, the extent of corruption in Europe is "breathtaking" and it costs the EU economy about 120 billion euros annually. EU...
Wolfgang Porsche and Ferdinand Piech face $1.8 billion lawsuit
Wolfgang Porsche and his cousin and Porsche board member Ferdinand Piech are being sued by seven hedge funds over its failed takeover bid for...
Thailand elections 2014: Protesters block voting in parts of Bangkok and south
Thailand's general election has been disrupted by protests with voting being halted in parts of Bangkok and the south, but officials say that 89%...
Costa Rica presidential election 2014: Johnny Araya vs. Jose Maria Villalta
Costa Rica is voting to choose a successor to President Laura Chinchilla. The governing party's Johnny Araya, a former mayor of San Jose, is expected...
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